Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh

Jean-Jacques Frere, Ramesh Govindaraj, Dhushyanth Raju, Federica Secci and Sadia Chowdhury

No 29091 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental conditions they face. Over the past 45 years, the country’s health and nutrition policies and programs have focused largely on rural health services. Consequently, equitable access of urban populations—particularly the urban poor—to quality health and nutrition services has emerged as a major development issue. However, the knowledge base on urban health and nutrition in Bangladesh remains weak. To address the knowledge gap, Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh: Social Determinants and Health Sector Governance examines the health and nutrition challenges in urban Bangladesh—looking at socioeconomic determinants in general and at health sector governance in particular. Using a mixed methods approach, the study identifies critical areas such as financing, regulation, service delivery, and public environmental health, among others that require policy attention. The study also proposes specific actions within and outside the health sector to address the issues, providing guidance on their sequencing and the specific responsibilities of government agencies and other actors. This study should be useful to policy makers and practitioners working on urban health and nutrition issues in Bangladesh and in other low- and middle-income countries.

Keywords: Health; Nutrition and Population-Early Child and Children's Health Health; Nutrition and Population-Health Service Management and Delivery Health; Nutrition and Population-Nutrition Social Development-Social Inclusion & Institutions Urban Development-Urban Governance and Management Urban Development-Urban Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1199-9
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